missfit mondays

Only 3 Mondays left!

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We have almost come to the end of Missfit Mondays at Troy bar!

Tonight is one of the last three chances to catch some fantastic new creatives so make sure you get down there and take some peoples and your creative hat!

Conversations with Myself

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This is one of the poems I did when I performed at the festival (but done in my room)

Missfit Monday - 20th April 09

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We kick off the night with a little slam battle between XYM and Mycroft... XYM aka Da Yorkshire Rapper, is unsurprisingly a rapper from Yorkshire. Bringinig his own up north flavour, socially conscious lyrics and skillful punchlines, XYM is bringing true hip-hop back. www.myspace.com/xpandyourmind

Missfit Mondays Bank holiday performance

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So the night was fascinating as usual.

It began with me (Pennie Varvarides) doing a few poems, which I am not going to comment too much on.... but I enjoyed doing it! And I have recorded the last one of the evening and uploaded it to YouTube. If you want to have a listen visit youtube

It moved on to animations from Vivien Peach, which were all brilliant. One of which was a dancing pair of shoes... Her animations really put a smile on my face!

I think you should go check her out at joesart

Next was the amazing work of Paul Eccentric, who was accompanied by a bassist and a bongo player on the stage. The performance was very well executed and I totally enjoyed it =D Check him out at theantipoet

After the interval we had Sam Berkson with some more performance poetry, his work had a touch of satire and humour to them as he played with words. Very worth checking out his myspace account to have a listen for yourself!

Finally Monooka treated the missfit crowd to a few songs from Romania starting with a Transylvanian marriage song. It was a beautiful way to end the evening! Check her out at monooka.com

Over all a really good night, though it was a shame that Michael couldn't make it to give everyone some of his much loved poetry.

Count down to greatness

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So we are just a couple hours away from yet another helping of Missfit Mondays!

Tonight sees an eclectic mix of poetry, performance and animation; hope to see you all there.

I will report back with a review of the evening when I get back!

Missfit Monday now has a profile on British Theatre

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Its an addiction...it is also free, another marketing attraction:)

Bank Holiday Monday 13th April - missfit monday

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Performing on Monday 13th April will be:

Micheal Start Myscoft- Performance Poetry
Pennie Varvarides - Performance Poetry
Paul Eccentric - Performance
Leon Conrad - Animation & Poetry
Vivian Peach Animation

Steve Tasane

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Steve has 2 major new pieces of work developing this Spring, which can be previewed online or on stage:

As one of the 8 chosen Associate Artists for the Live Literature Consortium's series of Lit Up events, Steve has been commissioned to produce Wriot! a 15 minute showcase of polyvocal poetry ("poetry you can dance to" The Independent), the first piece of which will be showcased at missfit mondays event, which is a benefit fundraiser for a new Charity called, Dys(the)Lexi dyslexic writers' festival:

Missfit Monday 20 April
Troy Bar
Hoxton Street
London
7.30pm £6/£5

Steve has also been completing his pop poetry video album, Talkies. Touring the UK in the Autumn but with a premier screening at Bury St Edmunds Festival on: Saturday 16 May Hollywood Cinema Hatter Street, Bury St Edmundsalso Featuring the spectacular Rachel Pantechnicon 7.30pm £7 tickets 01284 769505 26-28

Thank You

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Dear Claudette and HCED, Missfit and Touchwaves would like to say thank you again for your support and space sponsorship. Without your generosity, the plays in missfit mondays, would not be possible to produce. The two main plays that are part of the missfit monday programing are: Sex Drugs and Mayhem two performances in April Susanna four performances in May 09

Ernesto Sarezale is back...on 20th April @ The Troy Bar

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Back in 2006 Lennie Varvarides set up a new production company called missfit. The first show she produced, with Ben Robinson, was WRITE SIDE OF THE BRAIN. Ernesto was part of that festival program and missfit mondays, is very happy and excited to have him back! Ernesto Sarezale is the pen name of a Basque cognitive scientist, writer and performance poet based in London. Ernesto has performed at a variety of poetry events, cabaret nights, clubs and miscellaneous arts events, mostly in London and England, but also recently in Canada and the US. In 2002 he founded and co-hosted "Homophone", a successful series of poetry readings at the Poetry Cafe in London. A number of his poems have been published: on paper (Chroma, Magma, Rising), on line (Transparent Words, http://www.the-cyber-kitchen.com/) and on cd (Taking the Mike and The Creative Swing compilations)." http://sarezale.com/ http://myspace.com/sarezale http://youtube.com/sarezale http://youtube.com/videopoems

Monday 6th April

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There are only two months left of missfit monday. The journey has been exciting and The Troy Bar has housed over 30 different storytelling experiencing. missfit monday has presented an aray of poetry, performance, theatre, films, improvisational games, and selection of animation and music.

We are always looking for new work and even have a few opportunities for actors and directors to get involved as well as story makers. All of which has been made possible by our sponsors, Dalston 4 London, The Troy Bar and Barley Mow. Producing one play for the fringe is a challenge, programing new entertainment, every week, is like hoping for the stars. But when you have no budget, your dreams become your most valuable assist.

Dream Big

missfit mondays: Want to be part of it?

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missfit mondays: Want to be part of it?

Want to be part of it?

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Application Form: Missfit Mondays is a four-month long mini festival celebrating innoventive writing in theatre, poetry, storytelling and the moving image/film. It is set up as a Festival Fundraiser for DYS(THE)LEXI 2009, a new charity which will celebrate, develop and produce the work of dyslexic writers. Missfit Mondays is conceived as an experience space in which new audiences bring forth new writing and vice versa. We welcome new ideas and want to work with people who dissolve boundaries and are particularly keen to work with artists whose work does not fit easily into conventional ‘boxes’. Missfit Mondays will take place on consecutive Mondays at The Troy Bar, Hoxton Street, London starting at 19:30pm, and lasting up to 3 hours. About The Producers missfit productions, the storytellers’ pedestal, is the brainchild of Lennie Varvarides, who has high standards, but doesn’t like rules, and has learned to love the inconsistency of her imagination. Leon Conrad, co-founder of Touchwaves gets excited when people allow their soul-light to shine through their voices in performance – in any way – to tell their stories. Their distinct interests and joint energies come together to bring about the creative performance space which is Missfit Mondays. If you’d like to submit your work, please fill in the accompanying form and get it back to us by either 20th April 2009. If shortlisted, we will arrange a meeting with you, to find out more about your work, if selected, we will draw up a contract and look forward to having you contribute to Missfit Mondays. If you feel you’re aligned to our values, then we’d love to hear from you and will do everything to make you feel welcome, support your work and help you take it forward. Should a playwright not have a cast or director for their piece, Missfit Mondays will assist in finding appropriate talent, but the playwright gets the ultimate say in casting. Limited rehearsal space for plays is available and on Tuesdays and Sundays. Priority will be allocated in line with programming. If the writer/director does not use the allocated rehearsal space, they will be responsible for providing extra rehearsal space at their own cost. MISSFIT MONDAYS Application Form - Please copy and past into a word document and email it back to us - missfitmonday@gmail.com About you: Name, Address, Email, Website(s), Telephone(s) Instead of providing a formal biography, please tell us about yourself, in no more than 2 sentences … About your work - Please tell us why you create story's in no more than 2 sentences … Please give us a description of your work / performance piece(s)* * Please submit up to 5 samples of your work in any medium. Emails should be no more than 2mb. Please provide links to large files, such as showcase films or video footage. Only email submissions will be accepted. Maximum times for performance slots are: Poetry and storytelling - 15 minutes; Monologues - 10 minutes; Films and Improvisation - 30 minutes; Plays - 60 minutes. Each play will be offered one to four performance slots. All participants may submit for more than one category and the only requirement is that all work is original. Please indicate your preference(s)/availability for performance dates: Apr 6th Apr 27th May 18th Mar 2nd Mar 23rd Apr 13th May 4th May 25th Missfit Mondays features an audience quiz and prize. If you would like your work featured as part of this, and would be interested in submitting something, please tick the box below and give us a short description of the donation. This is not compulsory and if you do not wish to participate it will not count against you. Please return your completed form by email to missfitmonday@gmail.com. We regret that we are only able to reply to successful applicants.

missfit monday links

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Link Exchange - If you have a website or blog page and would like to engage in a reciprocal link exchange, please email mailto:missfitmonday@gmail.com missfit mondays can be found on facebook, myspace, twister, linkedin, wordpress, and http://www.missfitproductions.org/ Can you find us??

missfit monday - PLAY - Sex, Drugs, Therapy & Mayhem

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Monday 20th & 27th April, 2009

Sex, Drugs, Therapy & Mayhem

Written and directed by Stephen M. Hunt

Sex, Drugs, Therapy & Mayhem will later transfers to the Henley Fringe Festival 22-25 July, 2009. Another of Stephen's self-directed plays is Permission Painted which receives a rehearsed reading in central London September 2009, Brian Blessed has agreed in principle to read the part of 'Albert'. In Liverpool his Autumn, Stephen directs Over The Top, a new play by Edward D'Arcy Hatton. At the end of March 2009, Stephen makes his fourth appearance on BBC radio to discuss his projects with Linda McDermott, Late Night Live!

Stephen M. Hunt directed his radical adaptation of The Merchant of Venice at the Harlow Playhouse, February, 1999. The following year he directed No Sex Please, We're British! at the same venue. His first work in the London fringe was directing a partial rehearsed reading of Johnson's Mistake for SourFeast Theatre. The rehearsed reading of his play Impossible steps was directed by Kirsty Bennett at the Brockley Jack Theatre. This work transferred to the Rosemary Branch Theatre where Stephen directed the legendary Hildegard Neil (RSC) and Ben Onwukwe ("Recall" in London's Burning, also RSC). Stephen's work with Hildegard continues this year when they co-direct a new production of Impossible Steps starring Hildegard Neil, co-starring Rosalind Blessed and tours ten theatres from 7th May, 2009.

missfit monday - JONATHAN BROWN

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missfit monday - Monday 23 March 09

What a joy this 20 min extract was - full of laughs and a pleasure to watch!

This is an Update about "The Father Monologues (Parts 1,2 and 3) and "Free Beer", the one-person shows, written and performed by Jonathan Brown.In this update:

Stories:Sell out for "Jenny" at Grub on 6th Feb 2009New performance dates: at Grub in East Grinstead (3rd April "Danny", 5th June, "Billy", 4th September "Free Beer")New performance date: 9th April at The Rooms St Leonards, Hastings ("Jenny")New performance dates: May, at Peredur Centre for the Arts, East Grinstead ("Danny" on 15th and "Jenny" on 22nd New performance dates: May, at The Elephant and Castle, White Hill Lewes. ("Free Beer", 1st May, and "Jenny" on 12th June)"Free Beer" to premier in Lewes.The Father Monologues, Part 1, "Danny" invited to play at the 2009 National Childbirth Trust Conference in Swansea (28th June)

Scenepool showcase goes down well!"Free Beer" to Showcase again in London at Southwark Playhouse. The Father Monologues included in list of "Practices" for professionals on The Fatherhood Institute websiteDenise Evans to direct "Free Beer" More information can be found at http://www.thefathermonologues.com/

Sell out for Jenny at Grub Friday 6th Feb saw Grub Café Bar in London Road, East Grinsteadbustling and busy as a sell-out audience squeezed into the space to geta look at Jenny (FM Part 2) and hear her/his story. Despite a fairly heavy snowfall that hit the area earlier in theevening, no-one was put off, and the performance began only 20 minslate to a packed and appreciative crowd. The space was hushed, the London Road traffic outside was calmed by theicy weather, and the staff at Grub were utterly considerate, turningoff all the machines and watching along with the audience, adding tothe sense of focus and concentration.

The space was perfect, the show a success. At home-time, with lots of people expressing interest in seeing Parts 1 and 3, the crowds departed into the chilly night.A few days later, one watcher emailed to say:

"Hello Jonathan, Just to say how much I enjoyed your performance in Grub last Fri. Its many layers worked through me in the following days. I look forward to some follow-ups. M."

New performance dates at Grub in East Grinstead (12/3/09) Following the sell-out success of Jenny at Grub Cafe-Bar in East Grinstead in February, all further three of Jonathan'sone-person shows will be playing there over the next few months. All shows are on Fridays, at 8pm, as follows: 3rd April "Danny", 5th June, "Billy" and 4th September "Free Beer".Demand for tickets seems to be high again, so get yours quick whilst we still 'ave 'em!In the meantime, don't worry if you miss one, as Parts1 and 2 will also be playing at the Peredur Centre for the Arts, inEast Grinstead, home of the Artemis School of Speech and Drama. (and if there's the demand, Part 3 and Free Beer will probably show there too. )Directions to Peredur can be found on the Artemiswebsite http://www.artemisspeechanddrama.org.uk/, and liftshares can bearranged via the Forum on the FM website. AND you can buy multipletickets online through the FM website that enable you to attend morethan one of The Father Monologues at either of the East Grinstead Venues at reduced prices over April, May and JuneSo, with one ticket, you could catch Part 1 at Grub, Part 2 at Peredur, and Part 3 at Grub again. We're here to help.

New performance date: 9th April at The Rooms St Leonards. St Leonards, just west of Hastings in sunnyEast Sussex, is the next unsuspecting seaside town to be hit by a tasteof the transgendered librarian father, Jenny. In her furthest eastappearance yet, Jenny, (Part 2 of The Father Monologues) will bestarting her startling story at the cosy and relaxed veggy cafe-bar cummusic venue cum recording studios at 8pm on the 9th April as part of athree-nighter mini fest of drama and comedy at The Rooms in WesternRoad. Be there or be elsewhere.

PricesAs - this is a community base venue, ticket prices areslightly lower to encourage those who might not ordinarily check out apiece of theatre to dip in a toe, or those who love good theatre, but are"feeling the pinch" to come along as well. New May performance dates: Peredur Centre for the Arts, East Grinstead As a response to the very encouraging East Grinsteadand Forest Row area's response to "Jenny" at Grub on the 6th of February, FM'sParts 1 and 2 are going to be shown at the Peredur Centre for the Arts ("Danny"on 15th May and "Jenny" on 22nd May). This venue (on the West HoathleyRoad East Grinstead) is slightly off the beaten track, but is in a gorgeous studiotheatre and set in some beautiful grounds there. Perhaps you can arrange a lift, by going to the Forumpage and connecting up with other travellers. New performance dates: The Elephant and Castle Free Beer is now to have it's Premier on the 1st May at The Elephant and Castlein Lewes. The upstairs room of the "establishment" is a roomy venue andjust right to try out this show about the demise of a pub. The show,set in a recently shut down pub, in Woodingdean, Brighton is now beingdirected by Denise Evans, a highly experienced performer and director.Rehearsals for Free Beer are in progress now, and the first four sceneshave once again been shown recently (Monday 23rd March) to a veryappreciative audience at the Missfit Mondays showcase in Hoxton, London.Also, on 12th June, "Jenny" will be played at The Elephant and Castle.

"Danny" invited to play at the 2009 National Childbirth Trust Conference in Swansea On 28th June "Danny" (FM Part 1) is travelling to Swansea to the 2009 National Childbirth Trust Conference. The play will be shown in full to the 600 delegatesthat are expected to attend the conference of the NCT, with a Q & Asession afterwards. "Danny" expects that all the delegates, who are insome way involved in aiding safe and healthy childbirth, will havequite an eye-opener, and some fun. Scenepool showcase goes down well! Bernie was out and about in London, recently. At the Camden People'sTheatre to be precise, as part of Scenepool, a week long, prolonged andvaried showcase of new theatre. Bernie told the first 20 mins (Scenes1-4) of his story (Free Beer) to a packed, sell-out audience, and seemed toleave them all with something to chat about when they hopped off laterfor a drink (probably of organic OJ)! "Free Beer" to Showcase again in London at Southwark Playhouse. London again, and Bernie is getting ready for a fuller outing of Free Beer to be shown as part of Southwark Secrets, a season of work-in-progress performances held in the bar of the Southwark Playhouse, very near London Bridge. Staring at 9pm, Bernie hopes to let you haveas much of it as you can take, which might be quite a marathon,especially if you have just come from watching the show that'll beplaying in the main space beforehand.But of course, the great story of the last days of a troubled localpub, and the exquisite telling itself, will keep you firmly in yourseats, till some one calls, "Time ladies and gentlemen!"

The FM's included in list of "Practices" onThe Fatherhood Institute website. After much to-ing and fro-ing, The Father Monologues plays have nowbeen included as one of the many resources that those working with theissue of how to support fathers being fathers, can turn to viaThe Fatherhood Institute website.Information about all 3 plays can be found on the site, and has already generated some interest for the plays.

Denise Evans to direct "Free Beer" The most exciting news to date is that highly experienced and innovative performer and director Denise Evans is now working with Jonathan as a director for Free Beer. Her recent shows include Medea and directing George Dillon in "The Man who was Hamlet". plus lotsmore. She's got a CV as long (and as varied) as your arm, (not thatyour arm is necessarily that long, or varied) and whenthis writer has a week or two to spare, he'll rattle it off(her CV, not your arm) onto his qwerty, and you can read some of it.But in the meantime, be assured that Denise, who is certainly notknown for working on conventional pieces (no "Thoroughly ModernMillie" here, thank god!), now has the errant Bernie very much in handand is REALLY showing him a thing or two about how to bring the best out of this new show.

More information on any of these stories including the relevant links can be found on http://www.thefathermonologues.com/page26.htm

and information about all the upsoming performances can be found on http://www.thefathermonologues.com/page7.htm

(BTW...Apologies if you received this twice. Teething problems with new software)If you prefer not to receivemail outs about these shows, please follow the steps described tounsubscribe yourself from any future mailings, and accept my apologiesfor any inconvenience caused.Otherwise....

All the best for an inspiring 2009. Do visit the website, and/or drop me a line, and/or come to a show.See you there. Jonathan

CASTING FOR NEW PLAY - milton's jacket - play 20th / 27th April

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CASTING FOR NEW PLAY ON:

Sat 14 March

milton's jacket

Performance Date: 20th / 27th April

Dir: Stephen Hunt

Producer: missfit mondays

Email:StephenHunt@aol.com

http://www.miltonsjacket.webeden.co.uk/

Email Director for casting appointment:

Characters:

Maggie

Middle aged West Indian, alcoholic in recovery for 14 years, manager of the rehab. Earth mother, matriarch, humourous, sensuous, kindly, tough as old boots (fights Sean).

Bernadette

Late twenties, white Irish, clever, no-nonsense, assertive, full on, heavily pierced, the rehab's sharpest, best counsellor, sees through and clashes with Antara.

Antara

Early twenties, Asian, new rehab trainee counsellor. Sounds very well spoken but is covering a brummie accent, naive, egotistical, fancies Ashleyconstantly clashes with and argues with Maggie over Bernadette.

Ashley

Mid twenties. white British Southerner, rehab counsellor, good looking, appears quiet and wimpish but is controlling of those he feel smarter than.

Sean:

Early twenties, white British, loud,brash, violent, cockney, rude/smutty, has an "off" sense of humour, none too bright, rehab client.

Milton

Middle aged, white British,southerner, drug dealer, bullying,over-bearing, conman - first seen impersonating a break-dancing, middle England vicar.

Storytellers We Love

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http://youngtongues.blogspot.com

missfit monday - March 2 09

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It was a good turn out, the turn out makes a big difference, the turn out is just as important as the the show - more important, actually. That's why we want them to get involved, be part of it, be part of the missfit monday nights, we want them to contribute, or clap. missfit monday offers theatre, poetry, storytelling, beer, energy, a relaxed vibe, and value for money. Come down any Monday you like.

FEED BACK FROM OUR AUDIENCE on missfit monday - 2 March 09

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Feed back from our audience

At every missfit monday event, the audience is forced, or encouraged with force, to participate. We are flexible as to the kind of participation we will welcome and except. These are the 'options' available to all audience members:

To fill out an audience feed form
To contribute to the festival creatively with a poem, picture, story
To play a games, rules found in every pint glass on the table
(to brake the rules and make up your own games)
To ask questions in our Q&A
To email the producers
To speak to each other - but not while the performance is on
To clap, known as applause
To stand while you applaud, know as a standing ovation
To come back to another missfit monday night

Lets start with:Transformations by Gemskii What can I say? Two simple words from the bottom of my heart ... for giving so unstintingly of yourself and your soul last night. I hope the standing ovation at the end reinvigorated you. In amongst the general stuff like: 'everything was very strong ... amazing' - 'all very interesting' - 'all wonderful' - 'everything was so interesting, enjoyable & invigorating. Well worth the cycle ride from SW2' you got:' 'Gem making music with her body was very cool. The movement was ace.' ''The ballet and acrobatics in Gem's performance were awesome.' 'What worked? 'Making a song and dance about it ... Awe-inspiring.'' 'Gemskii - you are amazing and I love you!'' 'Nice to see a story told by someone with a great voice, some honest poetry and a brilliantly delivered morality play!'' 'Everything was excellent. I have been performing poetry for 6 years and NEVER have I seen anything so honest and unrestrained ... Thank you very very much, all of you. I must go and smoke now.''Gemskii was excellent.'

http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/review_view.php?uid=3301

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"Writing showcase that truly shines"by Lesley Pinder for remotegoat on 03/03/09

Missfit Mondays is a four-month long mini festival taking place every Monday night at the cosy and inviting Troy Bar in East London. It is all about giving storytellers, improvisers, playwrights, poets and makers of the moving image a platform from which to combine innovative theatre and inventive new writing. And it's all for a good cause too.

The event has been set up as a fundraiser for a new charity called DYS(the)LEXI 2009, which supports and develops original work by dyslexic and dyspraxic writers.Giles Abbott kicked off proceedings with a wonderful rendition of his tale, "Patched and Mended". Giles' rich deep voice and commanding stage presence had the audience's attention immediately. The value of art is questioned as Pygmalion, the artist, travels on his journey to make art of pure beauty. When he carves himself the "perfect" woman out of stone and she comes to life, the woman is angry that his version of ideal is to make her a fool. She wants more than he has given her. "Stone is unchanging but flesh is not".

The next performer, Sooz Belnavis Abbott, is an accomplished painter who introduced herself as an artist who "abstracts the feminine and feminises the abstract". (Try saying that three times fast!) She performed a selection of her poems and they were beautifully written pieces. "Marketplace" with its wares calling out for the buyer to "Take me home and make something of me" conjures up so much more than what one usually hears at such places ("Hey you, come look my things. I give you best price"). My favourite piece was "Three Graces", inspired by three icons of the female world - Kate Moss, Madame Bovary and Marilyn Monroe. Sooz writes lyrically and her words evoke powerful images - with a bit more confidence in her performance skills she could shine on the spoken word scene.

Next was a play written by Nicholas McInerny and directed by Tanith Lindon. "Windfalls" tells the story of the recently widowed Simone who was married to incarcerated criminal Duke. Simone goes to the church where Duke is to be cremated to confront Henry Cobb, the vicar, about his relationship with Duke in the days leading up to his death. The vicar visited Duke regularly in prison and both he and Simone want answers, not only to the question of Duke's suicide but his guilt over the crime he was imprisoned for. Although the play was a little slow at times, the strong performances from all three cast members (particularly Francesca Ellis as Simone) sustained the piece.

For the finale the Missfits pulled out all the stops as Gemskii took to the stage to perform her autobiographical piece "Transformation". Trained as a professional dancer and with a boundless energy that was exhausting to watch, Gemskii came on like a full-blown juggernaut and brought the house down. Her effortless combination of physical theatre, dance, acrobatics, storytelling and occasional song was a joy to behold. And it really shouldn't have been because the subject matter was harrowing and horrific. But because her tragic (and let's not forget true) tales were filled with such hope and performed with such positive energy and humour, the audience laughed at the horrors as Gemskii laughed too. She could laugh because she had survived it all and was here to tell the tale. "Transformations" is a captivating piece of theatre performed by a hugely talented woman and is worth the (incredibly cheap) ticket price alone.

The programme changes every week at Missfit Mondays so you don't know what you are going to get from one week to the next but if this show was anything to go by, they should all be a treat.

What’s innoventive?

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Press Release ‘Innoventive’ – isn’t a spelling mistake. It’s a new word which encapsulates what Missfit Mondays is all about … Missfit Mondays, is a mini festival blending innovative theatre with inventive new writing. Missfit Mondays weaves poetry, music, theatre and the moving image together, providing a platform for work which transcends the constraints of the traditional. Missfit Mondays is set up as a festival fundraiser for DYS(THE)LEXI a new charity that will celebrate, develop and produce the work of dyslexic writers. Missfit Mondays is co-produced by missfit productions, a company with a tradition of producing the unconventional and Touchwaves, a performing arts group which specialises in bringing words and music together in uncommon ways and with a large measure of improvisation. March programme includes work by Nicholas McInerny (Writer, The Bill); Gerard Logan (Olivier award nominee); Rachel Rose Reid (Young Storyteller of the Year, 2008). Full program list is available via email request. Make it on a Monday End Notes: Performance Dates: 9th March 2009 - 25 May 2009 (Consecutive Mondays Only) Place: The Troy Bar, Hoxton Street, London N1 6NG Time: 7:30pm Cost: £6/5 www.missfitproductions.org www.geocities.com/touchwaves Sponsors: TROY BAR, BARLEY MOW, POWER LEAGUE, DALSTON 4 LONDON

Missfit Mondays - CALL OUT FOR NEW WRITING

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CALL OUT FOR NEW WRITING –

missfit monday is a four-month long mini festival celebrating ‘innoventive’ writing in theatre, poetry, storytelling and the moving image/film.

Touchwaves and missfit productions are co-producing missfit mondays, every Monday at the Troy Bar in Hoxton Street from March – May 09. missfit monday is a fundraiser for a new charity called DYS(THE)LEXI that will celebrate, develop and produce the work of dyslexic and dyspraxic writers.

We are looking for artists that are keen to experiment with both form and content, artists that are not afraid of their audience, and artists that have got something evocative to say. We are looking for:

PERFORMANCE POETS

Performance poets will be offered a performance slot of 10-20min depending on material and delivery.

STORYTELLERS Storytellers will be given a time slot of 15-30min depending on material and delivery.

PLAYWRIGHTS

Playwrights will be offered either a reading of their work, or a staged production, depending of the material. Performance nights available are from 1-4 consecutive Monday nights. The producers will provide both the actors and the director, unless the writer has an existing team they wish to work with. The producers will provide a limited amount of weekly rehearsal space.

MOVING IMAGE

Film makers will be offered a weekly screening of their shorts or experimental moving image work. The time slots available are 60sec – 15min max. Please email links to your work, or send in a copy of your DVD. (Contact producers for postal address).

Submission Deadlines March 20:

We ask all enquires be sent to missfitmonday@gmail.com and that your submissions is made via our short application processes. More information can be found at www.missfitproductions.org

Thank You

Leon Conrad (Touchwaves) Lennie Varvarides (missfit productions)

Missfit Monday -

2009-03-04T11:31:00.000-08:00

Missfit Monday has got off to a great start, so far we have had three shows, all have proven to be a wonderful experiment in new writing and intimate performance. We are committed to promoting new writing in theatre, poetry and storytelling that crosses contextual boundaries. Our audenice is familer with the work we do, love the work we produce and continue to support our mini festivals. If you are looking for a night out that combindes good value theatre with a relaxed bar enviroment and a homly atmosphere, you need to come along to one of our missfit monday nights. We run every monday night at the Troy Bar in Hoxton in shoreditch. See you on a Monday

missfit mondays Monday 16th Feb

2009-02-17T07:25:00.000-08:00

First Night opening night was intimate and warm. Good friends came out and supported another random night full of all things provocative and inspiring. The Troy Bar is once again sponsoring the cause for theatre and missfit productions are happy to be working with Touchwave to build a spectacular event out of thin air and the generosity of the participants and audience. Sometimes it takes someone to say they want something bad enough to make other people want it too. In this case, Leon and Lennie are a wonderful creative team where ideas flow generously and constantly. We love what we do and it shows. missfit mondays is like no other night, you get peroformance poetry, storytelling and theatre as well as cheep food and drink. Tickets are £6 and the atmosphere is warm.

missfit monday

2009-02-04T15:58:00.000-08:00

Missfit Mondays is a four-month long mini festival celebrating innoventive writing in theatre, poetry, storytelling and the moving image/film. It is set up as a festival fundraiser for DYS(THE)LEXI 2009, a festival celebrating the work of dyslexic writers. Missfit Mondays is conceived as an experience space in which new audiences bring forth new writing and vice versa. We welcome new ideas and want to work with people who want to dissolve boundaries and are particularly keen to work with artists whose work does not fit easily into conventional ‘boxes’. We are particularly keen to celebrate dyslexic and dyspraxic artists’ work, but our remit is wide and we welcome submissions from all. Missfit Mondays will take place on consecutive Mondays at The Troy Bar, Hoxton Street, London from Feb 16-to May 09